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Protecting sea turtles on Côn Đảo Islands Every year, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature cooperates with Côn Đảo National Park to launch a Marine Turtle Conservation volunteer programme, aiming to promote community-based conservation of sea turtles and their habitats. 12 fortunate applicants become members for the programme and are assigned to the three big islands of Bảy Cạnh, Tre Lớn and Cau […]

Turtle Survival Center “live, breathe and sleep turtles 24/7” Pampering rare and endangered turtles is all in a day’s work at the facility operated by the nonprofit Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA). The Turtle Survival Center specializes in breeding species native to Southeast Asia. Turtles in that region have been especially hard hit since the 1980s, when China’s currency became convertible, causing demand for meat and

Euthanasia Might Be The Only Solution Approximately 75 red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans are currently living in a pond in Pennsylvania. The major problem is that this species is considered as invasive in the state since it is not native to Pennsylvania. The major risk for the local painted turtle is the transmission of disease due to the overpopulation of the red-eared slider. “Though plans

The Astrochelys yniphora’s countdown to extinction For millions of years, the ploughshare tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) has borne witness to the history of its only home on the planet but this year has been the worst in history for the ploughshare (also called the angonoka tortoise), which is Madagascar’s largest tortoise and significant to the country’s natural heritage. Click the link to read more… Turtle News

Asia’s animal trafficking network crime family The main story for today is not specifically chelonian related but I’m sure will still be of interest to our readers. The UK Guardian newspaper on Monday posted an article detailing the trafficking network headed by the Bach brothers who are based in Vietnam and Thailand and are responsible for smuggling thousands of tonnes of elephant ivory, rhino horn

Turkey’s sea turtle nesting beaches still need better protection The MEDASSET (Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles) campaigns to improve the protection of loggerhead nesting beaches in Patara and to halt severe degradation in Fethiye, both listed as protected areas under the Barcelona Convention, continued in 2016. They assessed the sites in July and submitted the reports to the Bern Convention. Sadly, the majority

Save a Forest, Save Turtles The Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA) is a Bangladesh-based non-profit organization that is dedicated in protecting and saving rainforests. The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is home to 26 threatened species and is lacking protection mostly because of political instability. This area is a hotspot for seven species of turtles and tortoises, including the critically endangered Arakan Forest Turtle, Asian Giant Tortoise

Turtle Rescues NSW saving turtles from Sydney’s dams Turtle Rescues New South Wales are a group of turtle mad volunteers that are often called in at short notice to rescue turtles. Click the link to read more about their work. Article quote ” Shane Davies and Neville Parkes share a passion for turtles and they have a group of volunteers that share that love. “No